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The Mesoamerican Reef extends over 600 miles (1000 km) through the waters of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras and includes the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
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Mesoamerican Reef Regional Map

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A sea spider walks on the ocean floor.
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Sea Spider

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Sugar kelp from the “integrated multi-trophic aquaculture” (IMTA) collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), New Hampshire Sea Grant, the University of New Hampshire, and the Portsmouth Commercial Fisherman's Asso
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IMTA Sugar Kelp

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Blue mussels use byssus threads (which you can see on the right, in front of the barnacle shell) to attach to rocks and sometimes to stop a predator from making them a meal.
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Byssus Threads on a Blue Mussel

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This beautiful turquoise and purple creature is an aeolid nudibranch. The aeolid nudibranch is covered by branches that are actually gills, called cerata. The cerata also contain parts of the nudibranchs digestive system.
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Red-lined Nudibranch

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Christian McDonald, the Scientific Diving Safety Officer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, tows a surface float at Millennium Atoll in the South Pacific.
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Diver With Shark

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"Pirate fishing vessel converted to a home in Lembeh Strait off North Sulawesi, Indonesia," wrote Claire Fackler of her winning image.
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Converted Pirate Fishing Vessel

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Chelsea Rochman dissects a dorado caught by the crew to see if it had eaten plastic. Nearly 10 percent of all fish collected on the expedition had plastic in their systems.
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Dorado Dissection

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Volunteers unloading water from helicopter
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Aftermath

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Staghorn Coral
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Staghorn Coral in a Hurricane

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A brittle star sits in the middle of a deep sea octocoral that is damaged from a nearby oil spill
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Oil spill damaged octocoral

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Bottles of shark cartilage supplements
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Shark Cartilage Pills

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